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Recent Examples of ten-speed
Paired with the six-speed manual, the CT5-V Blackwing is capable of reaching 60 mph from rest in 3.6 seconds; opting for the ten-speed automatic reduces this figure by two-tenths of a second.
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Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2025
Passing power is readily available and the ten-speed is amenable to being flattened when trying to hit a closing gap in traffic.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
That means the only propulsion option is the 3.5-liter twin-turbo V6 with 440-hp and the ten-speed automatic transmission.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2024
In the case of cars, Ford ended up being better in ten-speed transmissions, GM in nine-speed transmissions.
—Harvard Business Review, 17 July 2024
Modest numbers for a 4,500-pound hauler, but Honda engineers tuned the ten-speed automatic to provide the best reflexes.
—Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 22 Aug. 2023
Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2025
Passing power is readily available and the ten-speed is amenable to being flattened when trying to hit a closing gap in traffic.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
That means the only propulsion option is the 3.5-liter twin-turbo V6 with 440-hp and the ten-speed automatic transmission.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2024
In the case of cars, Ford ended up being better in ten-speed transmissions, GM in nine-speed transmissions.
—Harvard Business Review, 17 July 2024
Modest numbers for a 4,500-pound hauler, but Honda engineers tuned the ten-speed automatic to provide the best reflexes.
—Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 22 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ten-speed
Noun
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Other winners support their new beginnings with legal help, and job training in bicycle repairs and beauty.—
Sharon Chin,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Red-orange and fierce in color, high and wide in girth, the flames surged forward, consuming every house, school, church, business, vehicle, bush and bicycle in its path, animated by hundred mile an hour winds and dragged by the swirling clouds of smoke that flushed ahead and settled over our home.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Bring your own mountain bike or class one or two pedaled e-bike.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Dec. 2025
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Brian will routinely do things like ride his mountain bike 30 or some miles from his house to a train station, carrying a packraft in a backpack.—
Tom Vanderbilt,
Outside,
29 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Just as impressive is that 186 miles of range can be added after just 10 minutes connected to a NACS fast charger, which makes topping up the bike not all that different from filling up an ICE model with gas.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
6 Jan. 2026
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Thijs Rademakers, an 18-year-old student, decided to ride his bike rather than wait for public transportation.—
Mike Corder,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The concept of a tandem bicycle for two riders goes back almost as far in history as the bicycle itself.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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Ben and Jaime are forced to steal a dorky, cherry red tandem bicycle, not a fancy automobile.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
6 Dec. 2024
Noun
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My next bike, the red-and-yellow Big Wheel, had a lot in common with a velocipede known as the penny-farthing, which was invented in the eighteen-seventies.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
23 May 2022
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Oakland Pedal Tours offers free velocipede shuttles between breweries, which are also within walking distance.—
Lisa Herendeen,
The Mercury News,
9 Sep. 2019
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“Ten-speed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ten-speed. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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